Television situation comedies: Female body images and verbal reinforcements

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 473-481

  Fouts, Gregory ^a   Burggraf, Kimberley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033084358     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018875711082     Document Type: Article

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